A Chinese marble sculpture of a lion, early Tang Dynasty, 7th-8th century, Boldly carved seated on its haunches on a rectangular base, with powerfully muscled legs, the mouth opened wide in a ferocious snarl, with a curled mane behind the bulging eyes and the brow, 18.2 cm high, References, see Munsterberg, Alsdorf Collection, 1960, pl. 7, p. 21 for a similar example, also Carole Davenport, fabulous Beings, March 2015, for another example see Christie's NY, the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection, 17/3/2015, lot 16. Provenance: The Chinese porcelain Company, New York, 23/3/2007, invoice no. C2039
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